Kristen Johnston Quotes

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.

I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.

I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic.

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do?

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.